Sharon Kelly

About

Sharon Kelly is an attorney and investigative reporter based in Pennsylvania. She was previously a senior correspondent covering energy and antitrust at The Capitol Forum and, prior to that, she reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other print and online publications.

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President Donald Trump made his decision official during a speech outside the White House today: the U.S. will be leaving the Paris Accord agreement by almost 200 other countries to cut global gree...
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A handful of anonymous senior White House officials haveย begun telling the pressย that President Donald Trump plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Accord climate deal, adding fuel to rumors tha...
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At the Glenwood Elementary School in Media, Pennsylvania, roughly 450 students interrupted their regular schedules one day this month for an unusual emergencyย drill. Just after 1:30 p.m. on May 3,...
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Starkly different visions for how conservatives view energy were on display at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) The Future of Energy Summit in New York City lastย week. Right-wing speakers s...
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At a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) summit in New York City this week, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was blunt about the prospects for so-called โ€œcleanย coal.โ€ โ€œCarbon capture is total bullsh...
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Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a prominent denier of climate science, found himself on the receiving end of pronounced sk...
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In a historic vote Monday night, Maryland's Senate passed a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking โ€” expected to be signed into law by the state's Republican governor โ€” making the state the third...
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It may be far cheaper than previously estimated for American car manufacturers to meet fuel efficiency standards โ€” slashing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, and helping drivers keep...
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In a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday (March 15), President Donald Trump handed a victory to the oil industry, in a move that will have severe and long-lasting ramifications for the climate โ€”...
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The fossil fuel industry's effort to โ€œstart winning hearts and mindsโ€ arrived at a Baptist church in North Carolina recently in the form of three $1,500 scholarships for local high school students ...